Devil's Day: A Folk Horror Tale Exploring the Haunting Legacy of a Rural Village

Devil's Day: A Folk Horror Tale Exploring the Haunting Legacy of a Rural Village

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2019 · English · Paperback · 2 editions
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A new novel by the author of  The Loney,  which was praised by Stephen King as "an amazing piece of fiction."

In the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea,
The Devil he jumped from me to thee.
And only when the Devil had gone,
Did I know that he and I'd been one . . .

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Very little changes in the Endlands, but this year, his grandfather—the Gaffer—has died and John's new wife, Katherine, is accompanying him for the first time.

Each year, the Gaffer would redraw the boundary lines of the village, with pen and paper but also through the remembrance of tales and timeless communal rituals, which keep the sheep safe from the Devil. But as the farmers of the Endlands bury the Gaffer and prepare to gather the sheep, they begin to wonder whether they've let the Devil in after all.

Book Details

Format Paperback
Pages 304 pages
Language English
Published Oct 8, 2019
Publisher Ecco
Editions 2 editions
ISBN-10 0358116708
ISBN-13 9780358116707
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